Better Bay Alliance
Newport RI
The Sam Wetherill Overnight Race
START: Flashing Red Bell "32" (The Cows) off Stamford Harbor.
FINISH: Immediately northerly of the entrance to Stamford Harbor, between the Signal Boat and Green Beacon “3” on the easterly end of the westerly breakwater.7.1
The Block Island Course Boats will sail from the Start; leave Green Bell “1BI” and Block Island to starboard, to the Finish, leaving Red Bell “32” (The Cows)and Red Nun “2” to starboard. Course distance is 186NM.
New England Solo Twin Regatta
Thurs @ 1600-2000 Check-in by representative(s) of each entering boat, Newport YC Fri @ 0800 Deadline for registering any changes in crew list and Breakfast Fri @ 0900 Skippers’ Meeting, Newport Yacht Club (mandatory attendance) Fri @ 1155 Warning signal for the first class start Sat @ 1700 Awards Reception, Newport YC (approximate time)
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: THURSDAY 1500 – 1800: REGISTRATION 1800: SKIPPERS’ MEETING
FRIDAY ORC 1 Warning Signal 1100 hours ORC 2 Warning Signal 1110 hours ORC 3 Warning Signal 1120 hours Double-Handed Warning Signal 1130 hours PHRF Aloha Warning Signal 1140 hours PHRF Coronet Warning Signal 1150 hours PHRF Bagheera Warning Signal 1200 hours Cruising Spinnaker Warning Signal 1210 hours
ALL CLASSES 1900 TIME LIMIT 1930 THE AWARDS CEREMONY for ALL CLASSES.
First signal will be at 1200 Friday with the start at Flashing Red Bell "32" (The Cows) off Stamford Harbor.
Labor Day weekend's Vineyard Race is a classic American yachting event. This 238-mile course stretches from Shippan Point through the swirling currents of Plum Gut past Block Island, and on to the light tower at the entrance to Buzzard's Bay. Once reached, sailors return by leaving Block Island to starboard en route to the finish in Stamford Harbor.
Begun in 1932, it has attracted the finest sailors and fastest boats for nearly 80 years, and its intricacies and challenges bring them back time after time. Those who are successful nearly always credit local knowledge of these tricky waters and a good deal of luck.
The Vineyard Race was described in Yachting Magazine as, "The greatest distance races of the world have several things in common - a challenging course, competitive fleets and an interesting array of famous yachts. By those standards, the Stamford Yacht Club's Vineyard Race rates close to the top. Like a miniature Fastnet, the Vineyard has a combination of coastal cruising, where currents play a big role, a stretch of ocean sailing, and a mark to round - the Buzzards Bay tower - before returning."
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